THE EARLY YEARS

IN 1979 ARLENE IS WORKING FULL-TIME AS A RN; I'M WORKING FULL-TIME AS A MILLWRIGHT HELPER WITH LOTS OF OVERTIME; JUST GOT MARRIED, BOUGHT PROPERTY AND TRYING TO FIX IT UP TO OUR LIKING. I'M 21, AND OBVIOUSLY THINKING OF OTHER THINGS, DIDN'T PUT MUCH THOUGHT IN THE LOCATION OF OUR MAILBOX. I FOLLOWED THE LEAD OF THE PREVIOUS OWNERS AND PUT IT IN THE SAME LOCATION, ON THE SAME POST, IN THE PREVIOUS MENTIONED GRAVEL AREA  BEFORE THE ENTRANCE TO OUR DRIVEWAY. THIS WAS MY NEIGHBORS PROPERTY IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE. MY NEIGHBORS WERE A NICE SWEET GRANDMOTHER , A MOTHER, A SON AND A DAUGHTER. THE MAILBOX LOCATION LEAD TO MY FIRST CONTACT BY WAY OF A "DEAR NEIGHBOR" LETTER. THE LETTER-FROM THE MOTHER-SAID  THAT THEY WERE GOING TO LEAVE IT GO, BUT WHEN I LATER PUT MY NAME ABOVE THE MAILBOX IT WAS BLOCKING THEIR MAILBOX. NO PROBLEM, I JUST DUG A HOLE IN FRONT OF MY PROPERTY, SET A PIPE IN CONCRETE AND LATER SET MY MAILBOX. THIS MAILBOX LOCATION IS STILL THE SAME TODAY AND HAD SOME IMPORTANCE DURING THE TRAIL. THE GRANDMOTHER CAME TO OUR HOUSE AND APOLOGIZES. YEARS LATER   HER GRANDDAUGHTER [THE DAUGHTER] AND FUTURE HUSBAND FILE THE LAWSUIT.